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Dr. Daniele Torreggiani
Biosystems engineering Group, Department of Agricultural and Food sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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Journal article
Published: 08 August 2021 in Animals
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The present study aimed to evaluate animal welfare of pigs from the same farm, raised with two ventilation systems. The study involved 60 pens of fattening pigs, raised in two buildings: one naturally ventilated (NV) and the other mechanically ventilated (MV). Pigs were assessed on three observation days: at 40 kg (T1), 100 kg (T2), and 160 kg (T3) of live weight. Animal-based measures were used such as qualitative behavioral analysis (QBA), behavioral measures (BMs), and lesion and health measures (LHMs). Housing conditions (HCs) measured at each observation day were the number of pigs per pen, space allowance, temperature, light, and CO2. The association study was performed using a general linear model and analysis of variance. Ventilation effect was analyzed by performing computational fluid dynamics. Results showed that overall pigs raised in the MV were in a more positive affective state. Despite that, with hot temperatures, the higher occurrence of pig soiling indicated heat stress in pigs and consequent welfare impairment. The higher frequency of pigs showing dog sitting behavior at T2 and T3 suggest welfare worsening in the last phases of fattening. The study concludes that ventilation system influences animal behavior and overall animal welfare, especially during the warmer season.

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Marika Vitali; Enrica Santolini; Marco Bovo; Patrizia Tassinari; Daniele Torreggiani; Paolo Trevisi. Behavior and Welfare of Undocked Heavy Pigs Raised in Buildings with Different Ventilation Systems. Animals 2021, 11, 2338 .

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Marika Vitali, Enrica Santolini, Marco Bovo, Patrizia Tassinari, Daniele Torreggiani, Paolo Trevisi. Behavior and Welfare of Undocked Heavy Pigs Raised in Buildings with Different Ventilation Systems. Animals. 2021; 11 (8):2338.

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Marika Vitali; Enrica Santolini; Marco Bovo; Patrizia Tassinari; Daniele Torreggiani; Paolo Trevisi. 2021. "Behavior and Welfare of Undocked Heavy Pigs Raised in Buildings with Different Ventilation Systems." Animals 11, no. 8: 2338.

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Published: 07 July 2021 in Applied Sciences
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Circular economy plays a key role in increasing the sustainability of the agricultural sector, given the countless possibilities of transforming crop residues and recycling precious resources. The maize cultivation process produces a significant amount of residual organic materials, commonly left on the field, as a soil conditioner and source of nutrients even if some parts, such as the cob, play a minor role in these actions. The solutions for the valorization of this remnant depend on economic and environmental factors and the evaluation of the environmental performances of the processes in a life-cycle perspective is important to compare the overall sustainability of the valorization alternatives, maximizing their environmental added value. This work reports the results of Life Cycle Analysis, from cradle-to-gate of corn cob valorized as a raw material in two scenarios: corn cob pellet and corn cob abrasive grits to use as blasting or finishing media. A comparative study has been performed with two products available on the market and with the same functions. The results show that cob-based products have lower impact than those currently used. The work provides indication for evaluating the benefits of turning agricultural wastes in natural-based materials and intends to promote circular economy processes in agriculture production.

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Enrica Santolini; Marco Bovo; Alberto Barbaresi; Daniele Torreggiani; Patrizia Tassinari. Turning Agricultural Wastes into Biomaterials: Assessing the Sustainability of Scenarios of Circular Valorization of Corn Cob in a Life-Cycle Perspective. Applied Sciences 2021, 11, 6281 .

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Enrica Santolini, Marco Bovo, Alberto Barbaresi, Daniele Torreggiani, Patrizia Tassinari. Turning Agricultural Wastes into Biomaterials: Assessing the Sustainability of Scenarios of Circular Valorization of Corn Cob in a Life-Cycle Perspective. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11 (14):6281.

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Enrica Santolini; Marco Bovo; Alberto Barbaresi; Daniele Torreggiani; Patrizia Tassinari. 2021. "Turning Agricultural Wastes into Biomaterials: Assessing the Sustainability of Scenarios of Circular Valorization of Corn Cob in a Life-Cycle Perspective." Applied Sciences 11, no. 14: 6281.

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Published: 18 June 2021 in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
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This paper aims at indicating and certifying the implemented framework for forecasting buildings' energy demand of the city of Bologna, Italy. The method is developed through an automated calibration and is based on 7 known, physics-based building parameters and 6 unknown, and highly uncertain variables. The proposed method focuses on reducing computing time while keeping the accuracy of the output by narrowing the uncertainties in predicting unknown parameters. To accomplish this task, 11 archetypes are defined which are representatives of the buildings in a specific neighborhood in Bologna, Italy. For every defined archetype, the most informative unknown variables are recognized and the Gaussian Process (GP) is employed to emulate the variable-to-data map. A wide sampling of the GP outputs is then applied by No-U-Turn Sampler (NUTS). The methodology is validated for 1156 Italian urban buildings based on the city database. The level of evaluation metrics demonstrates no bias in the output of the long-term forecasting while it accelerated the prediction of building energy demand and calibration on the city scale. The method is flexible for application in other contexts and various available urban datasets.

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M. Gholami; D. Torreggiani; P. Tassinari; A. Barbaresi. Narrowing uncertainties in forecasting urban building energy demand through an optimal archetyping method. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2021, 148, 111312 .

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M. Gholami, D. Torreggiani, P. Tassinari, A. Barbaresi. Narrowing uncertainties in forecasting urban building energy demand through an optimal archetyping method. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2021; 148 ():111312.

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M. Gholami; D. Torreggiani; P. Tassinari; A. Barbaresi. 2021. "Narrowing uncertainties in forecasting urban building energy demand through an optimal archetyping method." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 148, no. : 111312.

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Published: 30 April 2021 in Animals
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Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) relies on several technological approaches to acquire, in the most efficient way, precise and real-time data concerning production and welfare of individual animals. In this regard, in the dairy sector, PLF devices are being increasingly adopted, automatic milking systems (AMSs) are becoming increasingly widespread, and monitoring systems for animals and environmental conditions are becoming common tools in herd management. As a consequence, a great amount of daily recorded data concerning individual animals are available for the farmers and they could be used effectively for the calibration of numerical models to be used for the prediction of future animal production trends. On the other hand, the machine learning approaches in PLF are nowadays considered an extremely promising solution in the research field of livestock farms and the application of these techniques in the dairy cattle farming would increase sustainability and efficiency of the sector. The study aims to define, train, and test a model developed through machine learning techniques, adopting a Random Forest algorithm, having the main goal to assess the trend in daily milk yield of a single cow in relation to environmental conditions. The model has been calibrated and tested on the data collected on 91 lactating cows of a dairy farm, located in northern Italy, and equipped with an AMS and thermo-hygrometric sensors during the years 2016–2017. In the statistical model, having seven predictor features, the daily milk yield is evaluated as a function of the position of the day in the lactation curve and the indoor barn conditions expressed in terms of daily average of the temperature-humidity index (THI) in the same day and its value in each of the five previous days. In this way, extreme hot conditions inducing heat stress effects can be considered in the yield predictions by the model. The average relative prediction error of the milk yield of each cow is about 18% of daily production, and only 2% of the total milk production.

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Marco Bovo; Miki Agrusti; Stefano Benni; Daniele Torreggiani; Patrizia Tassinari. Random Forest Modelling of Milk Yield of Dairy Cows under Heat Stress Conditions. Animals 2021, 11, 1305 .

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Marco Bovo, Miki Agrusti, Stefano Benni, Daniele Torreggiani, Patrizia Tassinari. Random Forest Modelling of Milk Yield of Dairy Cows under Heat Stress Conditions. Animals. 2021; 11 (5):1305.

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Marco Bovo; Miki Agrusti; Stefano Benni; Daniele Torreggiani; Patrizia Tassinari. 2021. "Random Forest Modelling of Milk Yield of Dairy Cows under Heat Stress Conditions." Animals 11, no. 5: 1305.

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Published: 11 November 2020 in Sustainability
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Pavements are an expensive part of transportation infrastructures, as their construction and maintenance require large amounts of resources and materials every year and all over the world. A sustainable solution for considering environmental concerns about roads and pavements, in general, is utilizing recycled materials for their construction. This has been shown to lower the carbon footprint of the construction sector and to result in natural resource conservation, in reduction of harmful emissions and in minimization of overall costs for pavement construction and maintenance. One of the main groups of recycled materials which has attracted much attention since the end of the last century is construction and demolition waste aggregates (CDW). This paper reviews the completed studies referring to the use of the construction and demolition waste aggregates in unbound layers of pavements and compare the in-hand results from various engineering assessments of these aggregates and mixes. A number of tests and evaluations are applied in order to enhance the required quality and durability of the pavements under given traffic volumes traffic loads and climate actions. Today, unbound recycled aggregates (RA) are mainly used in the lower layers, such as subgrade, capping, sub-base and base, but in rural roads they can be adopted also for bound layers, towards the surface of the structure and may be constituents of bound layers and of novel surfacing applications.

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Sajjad Pourkhorshidi; Cesare Sangiorgi; Daniele Torreggiani; Patrizia Tassinari. Using Recycled Aggregates from Construction and Demolition Waste in Unbound Layers of Pavements. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9386 .

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Sajjad Pourkhorshidi, Cesare Sangiorgi, Daniele Torreggiani, Patrizia Tassinari. Using Recycled Aggregates from Construction and Demolition Waste in Unbound Layers of Pavements. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (22):9386.

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Sajjad Pourkhorshidi; Cesare Sangiorgi; Daniele Torreggiani; Patrizia Tassinari. 2020. "Using Recycled Aggregates from Construction and Demolition Waste in Unbound Layers of Pavements." Sustainability 12, no. 22: 9386.

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Published: 19 April 2020 in Energies
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In urban areas, a considerable proportion of energy demand is allocated to buildings. Since rooftops constitute one-fourth of all urban surfaces, an increasing amount of attention is paid to achieving the most efficient shapes and component designs compatible with every climate and urban context, for rooftops of varying sizes. In this study, three types of rooftop technologies, namely insulated, green roof, and rooftop greenhouse, are evaluated for energy and thermal performance using computer simulations. Water surface exposure, absorption, and intrusion are the three important factors in the calculation of hygrothermal models that impact energy consumption and building envelope performance; however, a few studies are specifically focused on providing realistic results in multi-dimensional hygrothermal models and the assessment of the impact of moisture in roofing solutions. This paper aims at evaluating the performance of three different roofing technologies through a two-dimensional hygrothermal simulation in software WUFI. To accomplish this, a precise localized microclimate model of a complex urban context on the scale of a neighborhood was employed to evaluate the cooling and heating loads of the buildings, the impact of the water content in the green roof on the thermal behavior of the roof surface, and the feasibility of designing a building with nearly zero cooling needs. A two-story building in the city center of Bologna, Italy is modelled. Simulation results have shown that during the cooling period, the performance of the designed rooftop greenhouse is the most effective by 50% reduction in cooling loads. Besides, the impact of moisture in green roofs has been detected as a negative factor for thermal and energy performance of the building in the Mediterranean climate. The results ultimately highlighted the capability of passively-designed rooftop greenhouses to create a building with nearly zero cooling needs.

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Mansoureh Gholami; Alberto Barbaresi; Patrizia Tassinari; Marco Bovo; Daniele Torreggiani. A Comparison of Energy and Thermal Performance of Rooftop Greenhouses and Green Roofs in Mediterranean Climate: A Hygrothermal Assessment in WUFI. Energies 2020, 13, 2030 .

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Mansoureh Gholami, Alberto Barbaresi, Patrizia Tassinari, Marco Bovo, Daniele Torreggiani. A Comparison of Energy and Thermal Performance of Rooftop Greenhouses and Green Roofs in Mediterranean Climate: A Hygrothermal Assessment in WUFI. Energies. 2020; 13 (8):2030.

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Mansoureh Gholami; Alberto Barbaresi; Patrizia Tassinari; Marco Bovo; Daniele Torreggiani. 2020. "A Comparison of Energy and Thermal Performance of Rooftop Greenhouses and Green Roofs in Mediterranean Climate: A Hygrothermal Assessment in WUFI." Energies 13, no. 8: 2030.

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Published: 06 August 2019 in Sustainability
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The industrialization after World War II marked a severe discontinuity between rural heritage and contemporary farm buildings. Rural landscapes have thus become more and more uniform; historical buildings are often abandoned and degraded, while contemporary buildings are often disconnected from their surrounding environment. Besides aiming to protect and restore rural heritage—more and more acknowledged as a common good contributing to societal identity—attention should be paid to increasing the quality of new buildings, a crucial issue to improve landscape quality in everyday landscape contexts. Based on a series of previous studies carried out to develop and test a robust methodology allowing the analysis of the main formal features of rural buildings, organized in a comprehensive framework known as the FarmBuiLD model (Farm Building Landscape Design), this study aims to perform an integrated and compared analysis of sets of traditional and contemporary rural buildings through experimental trials on an Italian case study. In particular, the study focuses on defining and measuring indexes allowing the quantification of the level of consistency of contemporary buildings with the traditional typologies. A contemporary farm building is evaluated based on the distance of each of its formal features from those which proved to be representative of the corresponding traditional building type, evaluated through a cluster analysis of the typological characters of traditional buildings in the study area. The results showed that different degrees of dissonance can be detected. Similarities have been found, in particular with respect to the shape of buildings and their closure with regards to landscape. The major dissonances are related to the perception of buildings as flattened on the ground, due to their excessively elongated shape, and in the case of buildings completely permeable to landscape, this being necessary for structural purposes and for the type of use of historic buildings. The expected impact of this study is to provide designers and planners with indicators allowing the evaluation, on an objective basis, of the level of consistency of new buildings with local rural heritage, thus supporting both design phases and project evaluation as well as building management processes (maintenance, restoration, extension, change in use, etc.).

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Stefano Benni; Elisabetta Carfagna; Daniele Torreggiani; Elisabetta Maino; Marco Bovo; Patrizia Tassinari. Multidimensional Measurement of the Level of Consistency of Farm Buildings with Rural Heritage: A Methodology Tested on an Italian Case Study. Sustainability 2019, 11, 4242 .

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Stefano Benni, Elisabetta Carfagna, Daniele Torreggiani, Elisabetta Maino, Marco Bovo, Patrizia Tassinari. Multidimensional Measurement of the Level of Consistency of Farm Buildings with Rural Heritage: A Methodology Tested on an Italian Case Study. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (15):4242.

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Stefano Benni; Elisabetta Carfagna; Daniele Torreggiani; Elisabetta Maino; Marco Bovo; Patrizia Tassinari. 2019. "Multidimensional Measurement of the Level of Consistency of Farm Buildings with Rural Heritage: A Methodology Tested on an Italian Case Study." Sustainability 11, no. 15: 4242.

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Published: 01 January 2019 in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
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The paper presents a multi-criteria method for unitary projects related to open spaces along urban road networks, with a focus on green spaces at roundabout intersections, considering them as integral part of broader landscape systems, and therefore as an opportunity for the construction of green infrastructures. The sprawl of road networks and the evolution of their types have gradually created a remarkable repertoire of new categories of open spaces, which, despite their often small size and residual nature, collectively can no longer be neglected. Innovative urban planning can transform these residual spaces into a distinctive feature of the city. Within this framework, we present a case-study on green spaces inside and adjacent to urban roundabouts in the City of Imola (Bologna), in the Emilia Romagna Region (Italy). They have been conceived as gardens, in order to enhance cultural values and foster a responsible use of environmental resources. The novelty of work lies in the holistic and cross-scale approach. Our proposal is based on a combination of multiple design issues (scenic values, landscape ecology, socio-economic sustainability) and specific characters of the context, with the aim of fulfilling aesthetic and functional requirements at the landscape level. The study defines spatial composition criteria, vegetation abacus and maintenance plans, articulated according to the various systems we identified and the following greening categories: Wild Flowers areas, Urban Groves, Rain Gardens, and Dry Gardens. We provide planning and design tools as guidance for further exploration. Concepts and guidelines we define enrich the discussion on mobility-related green spaces and integrate the few indications and instances on landscaping at roundabouts reported in the literature.

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Enrica Dall’Ara; Elisabetta Maino; Giulia Gatta; Daniele Torreggiani; Patrizia Tassinari. Green Mobility Infrastructures. A landscape approach for roundabouts’ gardens applied to an Italian case study. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 2019, 37, 109 -125.

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Enrica Dall’Ara, Elisabetta Maino, Giulia Gatta, Daniele Torreggiani, Patrizia Tassinari. Green Mobility Infrastructures. A landscape approach for roundabouts’ gardens applied to an Italian case study. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 2019; 37 ():109-125.

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Enrica Dall’Ara; Elisabetta Maino; Giulia Gatta; Daniele Torreggiani; Patrizia Tassinari. 2019. "Green Mobility Infrastructures. A landscape approach for roundabouts’ gardens applied to an Italian case study." Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 37, no. : 109-125.

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Published: 01 December 2017 in Journal of Transport & Health
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Enrica Dall'ara; Elisabetta Maino; Giulia Gatta; Daniele Torreggiani; Patrizia Tassinari. Mobility Gardens within Urban Footpaths and Cycling Itineraries. A Landscape Planning Experience for the Roundabouts System of Imola, Bologna Metropolitan Area, Italy ( breakout presentation ). Journal of Transport & Health 2017, 7, S29 .

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Enrica Dall'ara, Elisabetta Maino, Giulia Gatta, Daniele Torreggiani, Patrizia Tassinari. Mobility Gardens within Urban Footpaths and Cycling Itineraries. A Landscape Planning Experience for the Roundabouts System of Imola, Bologna Metropolitan Area, Italy ( breakout presentation ). Journal of Transport & Health. 2017; 7 ():S29.

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Enrica Dall'ara; Elisabetta Maino; Giulia Gatta; Daniele Torreggiani; Patrizia Tassinari. 2017. "Mobility Gardens within Urban Footpaths and Cycling Itineraries. A Landscape Planning Experience for the Roundabouts System of Imola, Bologna Metropolitan Area, Italy ( breakout presentation )." Journal of Transport & Health 7, no. : S29.

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Published: 01 September 2017 in Energy and Buildings
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Francesco Tinti; Alberto Barbaresi; Daniele Torreggiani; Davide Brunelli; Marco Ferrari; Andrea Verdecchia; Emanuele Bedeschi; Patrizia Tassinari; Roberto Bruno. Evaluation of efficiency of hybrid geothermal basket/air heat pump on a case study winery based on experimental data. Energy and Buildings 2017, 151, 365 -380.

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Francesco Tinti, Alberto Barbaresi, Daniele Torreggiani, Davide Brunelli, Marco Ferrari, Andrea Verdecchia, Emanuele Bedeschi, Patrizia Tassinari, Roberto Bruno. Evaluation of efficiency of hybrid geothermal basket/air heat pump on a case study winery based on experimental data. Energy and Buildings. 2017; 151 ():365-380.

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Francesco Tinti; Alberto Barbaresi; Daniele Torreggiani; Davide Brunelli; Marco Ferrari; Andrea Verdecchia; Emanuele Bedeschi; Patrizia Tassinari; Roberto Bruno. 2017. "Evaluation of efficiency of hybrid geothermal basket/air heat pump on a case study winery based on experimental data." Energy and Buildings 151, no. : 365-380.

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Published: 01 August 2016 in Energy and Buildings
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Stefano Benni; Patrizia Tassinari; Filippo Bonora; Alberto Barbaresi; Daniele Torreggiani. Efficacy of greenhouse natural ventilation: Environmental monitoring and CFD simulations of a study case. Energy and Buildings 2016, 125, 276 -286.

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Stefano Benni, Patrizia Tassinari, Filippo Bonora, Alberto Barbaresi, Daniele Torreggiani. Efficacy of greenhouse natural ventilation: Environmental monitoring and CFD simulations of a study case. Energy and Buildings. 2016; 125 ():276-286.

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Stefano Benni; Patrizia Tassinari; Filippo Bonora; Alberto Barbaresi; Daniele Torreggiani. 2016. "Efficacy of greenhouse natural ventilation: Environmental monitoring and CFD simulations of a study case." Energy and Buildings 125, no. : 276-286.

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Published: 21 April 2016 in Transactions of the ASABE
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Elisabetta Maino; Stefano Benni; Daniele Torreggiani; Alberto Barbaresi; Patrizia Tassinari. A Quantitative Physiognomic Analysis of Contemporary Farm Buildings to Improve Awareness in Rural Planning. Transactions of the ASABE 2016, 59, 509 -519.

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Elisabetta Maino, Stefano Benni, Daniele Torreggiani, Alberto Barbaresi, Patrizia Tassinari. A Quantitative Physiognomic Analysis of Contemporary Farm Buildings to Improve Awareness in Rural Planning. Transactions of the ASABE. 2016; 59 (2):509-519.

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Elisabetta Maino; Stefano Benni; Daniele Torreggiani; Alberto Barbaresi; Patrizia Tassinari. 2016. "A Quantitative Physiognomic Analysis of Contemporary Farm Buildings to Improve Awareness in Rural Planning." Transactions of the ASABE 59, no. 2: 509-519.

Articles
Published: 12 February 2016 in Journal of Building Performance Simulation
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In the Mediterranean area, most wine farms make use of unconditioned above-ground buildings for wine conservation and ageing. Those buildings are usually constructed without a specific temperature control design, therefore indoor temperature distributions and trends can be suboptimal for wine storage. At the same time, various elements (commonly available in farms such as straw bales and climbing plants) could be used to create cheap constructive solutions capable of improving building's thermal behaviour. This study aims to test the effectiveness of different retrofit interventions for thermal behaviour improvement in unconditioned above-ground farm buildings, referring to wine-ageing requirements. The alternative design solutions are evaluated through energy simulations, calibrated and validated on an Italian case study. The results show the importance of roof insulation, and the improved performance of the combination of more retrofit strategies. The proposed approach can be extended to other passive strategies and proves useful to provide information to optimize, or even avoid, conditioning systems.

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Alberto Barbaresi; Francesca Dallacasa; Daniele Torreggiani; Patrizia Tassinari. Retrofit interventions in non-conditioned rooms: calibration of an assessment method on a farm winery. Journal of Building Performance Simulation 2016, 10, 91 -104.

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Alberto Barbaresi, Francesca Dallacasa, Daniele Torreggiani, Patrizia Tassinari. Retrofit interventions in non-conditioned rooms: calibration of an assessment method on a farm winery. Journal of Building Performance Simulation. 2016; 10 (1):91-104.

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Alberto Barbaresi; Francesca Dallacasa; Daniele Torreggiani; Patrizia Tassinari. 2016. "Retrofit interventions in non-conditioned rooms: calibration of an assessment method on a farm winery." Journal of Building Performance Simulation 10, no. 1: 91-104.

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Published: 01 October 2015 in Journal of Environmental Management
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The aim of this research is to define and test a methodology for an articulated and systematic analysis of the countryside, which can lend support to urban and landscape planning processes in addition to improving knowledge of the landscape, and for the implementation of agricultural and rural development policies. We have conceived a multi-criteria and multilevel methodology that was integrated into a geographic information system (GIS) and is based on clustering and maximum likelihood classification algorithms. The proposed method focuses on various agri-environmental and socio-economic components, whose synthesis is performed by means of an interpretative key that was developed by the authors, the "Agri-Environmental Footprint", to quantify the impact of rural areas on urban systems. In particular, this paper presents the general framework of the methodology, a set of indexes that are defined for its first-level analyses, and the results of their implementation through a case study in the Emilia-Romagna Region (Italy). The method is based on the IsoCluster technique, which is associated with statistical analyses of criteria, such as the Principal Component Analysis and different data standardisation algorithms (min-max and z-score). The case study has allowed an iterative calibration of both the methodological framework and indexes.

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Irene Diti; Patrizia Tassinari; Daniele Torreggiani. The agri-environmental footprint: A method for the identification and classification of peri-urban areas. Journal of Environmental Management 2015, 162, 250 -262.

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Irene Diti, Patrizia Tassinari, Daniele Torreggiani. The agri-environmental footprint: A method for the identification and classification of peri-urban areas. Journal of Environmental Management. 2015; 162 ():250-262.

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Irene Diti; Patrizia Tassinari; Daniele Torreggiani. 2015. "The agri-environmental footprint: A method for the identification and classification of peri-urban areas." Journal of Environmental Management 162, no. : 250-262.

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Published: 01 October 2015 in Energy and Buildings
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Francesco Tinti; Alberto Barbaresi; Stefano Benni; Daniele Torreggiani; Roberto Bruno; Patrizia Tassinari. Experimental analysis of thermal interaction between wine cellar and underground. Energy and Buildings 2015, 104, 275 -286.

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Francesco Tinti, Alberto Barbaresi, Stefano Benni, Daniele Torreggiani, Roberto Bruno, Patrizia Tassinari. Experimental analysis of thermal interaction between wine cellar and underground. Energy and Buildings. 2015; 104 ():275-286.

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Francesco Tinti; Alberto Barbaresi; Stefano Benni; Daniele Torreggiani; Roberto Bruno; Patrizia Tassinari. 2015. "Experimental analysis of thermal interaction between wine cellar and underground." Energy and Buildings 104, no. : 275-286.

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Published: 21 April 2015 in Journal of Agricultural Engineering
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Europe is characterised by a rich net of itineraries that during the Middle Ages were taken by pilgrims head toward the holy places of Christianity. In Italy the main pilgrimage route is the Via Francigena (the road that comes from France), which starts from Canterbury and arrives in Rome, running through Europe for about 1800 km. Municipalities and local associations are focused on purposes and actions aimed at the promotion of those routes, rich in history and spirituality. Also for the European Union the enhancement of those itineraries, nowadays used both by pilgrims and tourists, is crucial, as shown by the various projects aimed at the identification of tools for the development of sustainable cultural tourism. It is important to understand how landscape, that according to the European Landscape Convention reflects the sense of places and represents the image of their history, has evolved along those roads, and to analyse the relationships between the built and natural environments, since they maintain a remarkable symbolic connection between places and peoples over time and history. This study focuses on the Italian section of the Via Francigena that crosses the Emilia-Romagna region, in the province of Piacenza. A land classification method is proposed, with the aim to take into account different indicators: land zoning provided by regional laws, elements of relevant historical and natural value, urban elements, type of agriculture. The analyses are carried out on suitable buffers around the path, thus allowing to create landscape profiles. As nature is a key element for the spirituality character of these pilgrimage routes, the classification process takes into account both protected and other valuable natural elements, besides agricultural activities. The outcomes can be useful to define tools aimed to help pilgrims and tourists to understand the surrounding places along their walk, as well as to lend support to rural and urban planning and integrated local development and landscape enhancement projects.

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Irene Diti; Daniele Torreggiani; Patrizia Tassinari. Rural landscape and cultural routes: a multicriteria spatial classification method tested on an Italian case study. Journal of Agricultural Engineering 2015, 46, 23 -29.

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Irene Diti, Daniele Torreggiani, Patrizia Tassinari. Rural landscape and cultural routes: a multicriteria spatial classification method tested on an Italian case study. Journal of Agricultural Engineering. 2015; 46 (1):23-29.

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Irene Diti; Daniele Torreggiani; Patrizia Tassinari. 2015. "Rural landscape and cultural routes: a multicriteria spatial classification method tested on an Italian case study." Journal of Agricultural Engineering 46, no. 1: 23-29.

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Published: 01 April 2015 in Building and Environment
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Alberto Barbaresi; Daniele Torreggiani; Stefano Benni; Patrizia Tassinari. Indoor air temperature monitoring: A method lending support to management and design tested on a wine-aging room. Building and Environment 2015, 86, 203 -210.

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Alberto Barbaresi, Daniele Torreggiani, Stefano Benni, Patrizia Tassinari. Indoor air temperature monitoring: A method lending support to management and design tested on a wine-aging room. Building and Environment. 2015; 86 ():203-210.

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Alberto Barbaresi; Daniele Torreggiani; Stefano Benni; Patrizia Tassinari. 2015. "Indoor air temperature monitoring: A method lending support to management and design tested on a wine-aging room." Building and Environment 86, no. : 203-210.

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Published: 01 November 2014 in Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
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Alessandro De Rosis; Alberto Barbaresi; Daniele Torreggiani; Stefano Benni; Patrizia Tassinari. Numerical simulations of the airflows in a wine-aging room: A lattice Boltzmann-Immersed Boundary study. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 2014, 109, 261 -270.

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Alessandro De Rosis, Alberto Barbaresi, Daniele Torreggiani, Stefano Benni, Patrizia Tassinari. Numerical simulations of the airflows in a wine-aging room: A lattice Boltzmann-Immersed Boundary study. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 2014; 109 ():261-270.

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Alessandro De Rosis; Alberto Barbaresi; Daniele Torreggiani; Stefano Benni; Patrizia Tassinari. 2014. "Numerical simulations of the airflows in a wine-aging room: A lattice Boltzmann-Immersed Boundary study." Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 109, no. : 261-270.

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Published: 01 June 2014 in Energy and Buildings
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Alberto Barbaresi; Daniele Torreggiani; Stefano Benni; Patrizia Tassinari. Underground cellar thermal simulation: Definition of a method for modelling performance assessment based on experimental calibration. Energy and Buildings 2014, 76, 363 -372.

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Alberto Barbaresi, Daniele Torreggiani, Stefano Benni, Patrizia Tassinari. Underground cellar thermal simulation: Definition of a method for modelling performance assessment based on experimental calibration. Energy and Buildings. 2014; 76 ():363-372.

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Alberto Barbaresi; Daniele Torreggiani; Stefano Benni; Patrizia Tassinari. 2014. "Underground cellar thermal simulation: Definition of a method for modelling performance assessment based on experimental calibration." Energy and Buildings 76, no. : 363-372.

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Published: 01 April 2014 in Landscape and Urban Planning
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Daniele Torreggiani; Zuzanna Ludwiczak; Enrica Dall’Ara; Stefano Benni; Elisabetta Maino; Patrizia Tassinari. TRuLAn: A high-resolution method for multi-time analysis of traditional rural landscapes and its application in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Landscape and Urban Planning 2014, 124, 93 -103.

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Daniele Torreggiani, Zuzanna Ludwiczak, Enrica Dall’Ara, Stefano Benni, Elisabetta Maino, Patrizia Tassinari. TRuLAn: A high-resolution method for multi-time analysis of traditional rural landscapes and its application in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Landscape and Urban Planning. 2014; 124 ():93-103.

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Daniele Torreggiani; Zuzanna Ludwiczak; Enrica Dall’Ara; Stefano Benni; Elisabetta Maino; Patrizia Tassinari. 2014. "TRuLAn: A high-resolution method for multi-time analysis of traditional rural landscapes and its application in Emilia-Romagna, Italy." Landscape and Urban Planning 124, no. : 93-103.